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Field Trip Report: Santiago Truck Trail [3/10/2013]

A beautiful day greeted 18 members and friends as we walked the Santiago Truck Trail, noting and enjoying the large variety of plants as we went. Annual wildflowers were in good display and many perenniels were also quite showy. The group was especially fortunate to have Gloria and John Sefton along. Gloria is the co-founder of The Saddleback Canyons Conservancy, a group dedicated to preserving the rural character and open spaces of our mountain foothills.

The trip was broken into two halves, a shorter version that included about 3.5 to 4 miles and a longer trip that totalled a little over 8 miles. Some of the highlights included Phacelia hubbyi, Xylococcus bicolor, Comarostaphylis diversifolia and beautiful displays of California poppies, four species of lupine and many other annuals. For a complete list of plants identified along this portion of the trail click the "Plant List" tab.

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Achillea tomentosa – yarrow

Acmispon glaber – deerweed

Acmispon stigosus - strigose lotus

Adenostoma fasciculatum – chamise

Ambrosia psilostachya – western ragweed

Anagalis arvensis - scarlet pimpernel+

Arctostaphylos glandulosa - eastwood manzanita

Artemisia californica - California sagebrush

Artemisia douglasiana – California mugwort

Aspidotus californica - Cal lacefern

Avena sp. – wild oat+

Baccharis pilularis – coyote brush

Baccharis salicifolia – mule fat

Brassica nigra – black mustard+

Calandrinia ciliata - red maids

Calochortus weedii v. intermedius - weed's mariposa lily

Calystegia macrostegia – bindweed

Camissoniopsis micrantha - spencer primrose

Cardamine californica - milk maids

Castilleja affinis – paintbrush

Castilleja exserta - owl's clover

Castilleja foliolosa – felt paintbrush

Caulanthus heterophyllus - jewel flower

Ceanothus crassifolius var crassifolius - hoary leaved ceanothus

Ceanothus spinosus - greenbark lilac

Ceanothus tomentosus - ramona lilac

Cercocarpus betuloides - mtn. mahogany

Chaenactis glabriuscula – yellow pincushion

Chamaesysyce sp. – spurge

Chenopodium californicum - soaproot

Claytonia perfoliata - miners lettuce

Clematis pauciflora - ropevine clematis

Comarostaphylis diversifolia - summer holly

Convolvulus macrostegia – false bindweed

Corethrogyne filaginifolia var. filaginifolia - common sandaster

Crassula connata - sand pygmy weed

Cryptantha (clevelandii?) - Cleveland's cryptantha

Cuscuta californica - dodder

Cynara cardunculus – cardoon+

Deinandra fasciculata – fascicled tarplant

Delphinium parryi - san bernardino larkspur

Dendromecon rigida - bush poppy

Dichelostemma capitata - wild hyacinth

Drymocallis glandulosa - sticky cinquefoil

Dudleya lanceolata - lance-leaved live-forever

Dudleya pulverulenta – chalk dudleya

Ehrendorferia chrysantha - golden eardrops

Erigeron foliosus - fleabane

Eriodictyon crassifolius - thick leaved yerba santa

Eriogonum fasiculatum ssp. fasciculatum – Cal. buckwheat

Eriogonum fasiculatum ssp. polifolium – Cal. buckwheat

Eriogonum gracile - slender buchwheat

Eriophyllum confertifolium - golden yarrow

Erodium sp. - cranesbill+

Eschscholtzia californica - California poppy

Eucalyptus camuladensis - red gum+

Filago gallica - narrowleaf cottonrose

Galium angustifolium - narrow-leaved bedstraw

Gallium species - bedstraw

Hazardia squarosa – sawtooth goldenbush

Hedypnois creteca – Crete weed+

Helianthemum scoparium - sunrose

Helianthus gracilentus - slender sunflower

Hesperoyucca whipplei – chaparral yucca

Heteromeles arbutifolia – toyon

Heterotheca grandiflora - telegraphweed

Hypochaeris glabra – smooth cat’s ear+

Isocoma menziesii - menzies goldenbush

Jepsonia parryi - Parry's jepsonia

Keckiella cordifolia – heartleaf keckiella

Lathyrus vestitus var. vestitus - hillside pea

Lepidium sp. - peppergrass+

Leymus condensatus – giant wild rye

Lomatium dasycarpum - lace parsnip

Lomatium lucidum - shiny lomatium

Lonicera subspicata - southern honeysuckle

Lotus salsuginosus - coastal lotus

Lupinus bicolor - hillside pea

Lupinus hirsutissimus - stinging lupine

Lupinus succulentus - arroyo lupine

Lupinus truncatus - blunt leaved lupine

Malacothamnus fasciculatus - island bush mallow

Malosma laurina - laurel sumac

Marah macrocarpa - wild cucumber

Marrubium vulgare – horehound+

Medicago polymorpha - bur clover+

Melica imperfecta – melic grass

Mentzelia micrantha - small flowered stickweed

Mimulus aurantiacus - bush monkeyflower

Mirabilis laevis - wishbone bush

Nicotiana glauca – tree tobacco+

Nolina cismontana - chaparral beargrass

Opuntia sp. – prickly pear

Oxalis albicans – sorrel

Oxalis pes-caprae - Bermuda buttercup+

Pellaea andromedifolia – coffee fern

Penstemon spectabilis - showy penstemon

Pentagramma triangularis – goldback fern

Phacelia brachyloba - short lobed phacelia

Phacelia cicutaria – caterpillar phacelia

Phacelia hubbyi - Hubb's phacelia

Phacelia imbricata - imbricate phacelia

Phacelia minor - wild canterbury bells

Phacelia parryi - Parry's phacelia

Phacelia ramosissima – branching phacelia

Phalaris sp. - canarygrass+

Plagiobothrys species - popcorn flower

Platanus racemosa – western sycamore

Polypodium californicum - CA polypody fern

Pseudognaphalium biolettii – bicolored cudweed

Pseudognaphalium californicum - California everlasting

Pseudognaphalium canescens – fragrant everlasting

Quercus agrifolia - coast live oak

Quercus berberidifolia - scrub oak

Rafinesquia californica – California chicory

Rhamnus californica – coffeeberry

Rhamnus ilicifolia – holly-leaved redberry

Rhus integrifolia – lemonadeberry

Rhus ovata - sugarbush

Rhus trilobata - fragrant sumac

Ribes indecorum – white-flowering currant

Ribes malvaceum - chaparral currant

Ribes speciosum - fuchsia flowered gooseberry

Romneya coulteri – matilija poppy

Rosa californica – California wild rose

Rumex sp. – dock+

Salsola tragus – Russian thistle+

Salvia apiana - white sage

Salvia columbariae - chia sage

Salvia mellifera - black sage

Sambucus mexicana – Mexican elderberry

Sanicula crassicaulis - pacific sanicle

Scrophularia californica - figwort

Senecio vulgaris - common groundsel+

Sidalcea malvaflora – checkerbloom

Silene gallica – common catchfly+

Silene laciniata – cardinal catchfly

Sisyrinchium bellum – blue-eyed grass

Solanum americanum - nightshade+

Solanum umbelliferum/xantii – blue witch

Sonchus asper – sow thistle+

Stachys rigida var. rigida – hedge-nettle

Stellaria media - chickweed+

Stipa pulchra – purple needlegrass

Symphoricarpos mollis - snowberry

Thalictrum fendleri - meadow rue

Toxicodendron diversilobum - poison oak

Trichostema lanatum - wooly bluecurls

Xylococcus bicolor - mission manzanita + Not native - at this site

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